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We observed six strongly lensed, radio-loud quasars (MG 0414+0534, CLASS
B0712+472, JVAS B1030+074, CLASS B1127+385, CLASS B1152+199, and JVAS
B1938+666) in order to identify systems suitable for measuring
cosmological parameters using time delays between their multiple images.
Two separate monitoring campaigns were carried out using the VLA. We
found evidence for variability in a majority of the lightcurves. B0712
and B1030 had particularly strong variations, exhibiting linear flux
trends. These results show that most of these systems should be targeted
with followup monitoring campaigns, especially B0712 and B1030. In
additional to these follow-up campaigns, future work will involve
searching for and performing time delay measurements on lensed blazars
using the Fermi gamma-ray telescope, following the proof of concept by
Cheung et al. 2014. Discrepancies between gamma-ray and radio time
delays of B0218 suggest physically separated emissions sources. We plan
to extend study of emission regions to other lensed blazars.